There has been a transformation in my thinking as an artist and I thought I would create a series of posts that share my new influences and thoughts, as well as some new work that I have been making that very much embody a way … Read More →
Tag Archives: film
Woody Allen on Stardust Memories
Stig Björkman — Stardust Memories was kind of a revelation for me when I saw it again recently. I hadn’t seen it for many years, but I was very impressed and moved by it and I liked it very, very much. It is definitely a … Read More →
The Beauty of Coppola’s “Disasters”
One From the Heart Rumble Fish There’s something about cinema that when a director changes the entire industry, they ultimately put the nail in their own coffin. It happened with Charlie Chaplin, Orson Welles, Jean-Luc Godard, and Francis Ford Coppola. One From the Heart and Rumble … Read More →
Stranger Than Paradise’s Unique Charm
The title is more of a question than a statement. I love Stranger Than Paradise and all of Jim Jarmusch’s cinema, but for the life of me I can’t pin point why? Why do I want to watch Stranger Than Paradise again immediately after it … Read More →
Manhattan and the Economy of the Shot
As much as I love all of Woody Allen’s films, Manhattan was one that I didn’t love as much. I always liked the film but thought it was a bit too sentimental and idealized. Well I recently sat down to rewatch it and discovered a new … Read More →
The Greatness that is Red Desert
If there are any of you that used to follow this site before I started making zines you might remember that I used to show out of print films on here, by far the most popular was Michelangelo Antonioni’s Red Desert. Well it was finally … Read More →
Trailer for Sophia Coppola’s Somewhere
I don’t normally post trailers for films but I felt that this was a different case. I have been following Sophia Coppola’s latest project for I think maybe a year now, and believe me, I’ve tried very hard to get my way in for an … Read More →
Stills #08
I wrote paragraphs about La Chinoise for this post because it’s one of my favorite films, but then I remembered that I don’t like just sharing my personal thoughts but curating others, so here’s a good essay from Nathan Kosob.
YACHT by Alex Nguyen
Over the weekend I got the opportunity to photograph a mini music festival with YACHT, Neon Indian, and Minus the Bear. I ran into an old friend Alex who I got in backstage to take photos and he got a lot better shots than I … Read More →
Stills #07
While I guess I knew this before but I never fully realized that Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless was now 50 years old. While definitely not my favorite Godard movie, I can think of about 10 others in front of it, but still it was one of … Read More →
In Defense of Godard and Film Socialisme
As Jean Luc Godard’s latest film Film Socialisme debuts at Cannes and online on May 19th the usual conversations arise. Maybe he always was but in 2010, Godard has long stopped being an actual person to many and is more of a statement. For about … Read More →
Film Crush: Faye Wong in Chungking Express
The great thing about watching a film a day, is that I can always look forward to having that one unique moment that every good movie brings. Sometimes it’s a wow, sometimes a laugh or smile, but there’s always some genuine moment that comes across … Read More →